November 1, 2008
Turning around the culture of an OR
In 2001, the ORs at Banner Baywood Medical Center were struggling—physicians were dissatisfied, case volume was down, and 13 staff positions were vacant. "There was a general lack of urgency. There just was no culture of efficiency," says Christine Halowell, RN, MS-HSA, CNOR, director of perioperative services for the Mesa, Arizona, hospital.
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